When acquiring an iPhone for the first time, the setup process can appear a little daunting. If you don't want to restore your phone from a backup (or have no backup from which to restore), you can set up your new iPhone the old-fashioned way: from scratch.

Steps

1

Press your Home button.

2

Select your preferred language.

3

Select a country or region.

4

Tap a WiFi network. Alternatively, you can tap Use Cellular Connection to proceed without wifi (if so, skip forward to location settings).

5

Enter your wifi password.

6

Tap Join.

7

Choose to disable or enable location settings. You can always change this setting later if you change your mind.

8

Type in your preferred passcode. You can also tap Passcode Options, which displays the following options:

Custom Alphanumeric Code - Allows for letters and symbols as well as letters. No character limit.